Apollon Ladies F.C.

Apollon Ladies
Full name	Apollon Ladies Football Club
Founded	2007
Ground	Tsirion Stadium,; Limassol
League	Cypriot First Division
2018–19	1st
Home colours	Away colours

Apollon Ladies FC is a women's football team from Limassol, Cyprus, established in 2007. It is the leading club in the country, having won nine consecutive doubles.^[1] It is associated with men's side Apollon Limassol.

Apollon made headlines after beating two-times European champion Umeå IK in their second appearance in the Champions League. This is regarded as one of the biggest surprises in European women's football.^[2] Apollon reached the Round of 32, where it was knocked out by Zvezda Perm. Apollon again progressed past the qualifying stage in the 2011–12, 2012–13 and the 2013–14 season.

Current squad[]

As of 28 August, 2020.
Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	CYP	Maria Matthaiou
2	DF	ITA
3	DF	CYP	Maria Ioannou
4	MF	ENG
6	DF	ENG
7	MF	CYP	Maria Panagiotou
8	DF	USA
9	FW	SVK	Patrícia Hmírová
11	MF	SWE
12	DF	CYP
14	MF	GHA
17	FW	CYP	Marilena Georgiou


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
18	FW	POR
19	FW	ISL	Þórdís Hrönn Sigfúsdóttir
20	DF	USA
21	FW	CYP	Krystyna Freda
22	DF	USA
23	DF	GRE	Kyriaki Kynossidou
27	MF	CYP	Eleni Giannou
29	DF	NGA
33	MF	GHA
83	GK	USA
97	DF	CYP	Kostantina Pafiti
99	GK	CYP
—	MF	SWE	Julia Spetsmark

Former internationals[]

For details of current and former players, see Category:Apollon Ladies F.C. players.

Cyprus: Skevi Antoniou, Stavriana Antoniou, Mandalena Christou, Loucretia Chrysostomou, Marilena Georgiou, Eleni Giannou, Maria Ioannou, Antria Michail, Sophia Nearchou, Margarita Sofocleous, Christiana Solomou, Antri Violari, Victoria Zampa

Bulgaria: Liliana Kostova, Petya Petkova
England: Lianne Sanderson
Greece: Danai-Eleni Sidira
Jamaica: Tiffany Cameron
Mexico: Cecilia Santiago
Netherlands: Marije Brummel
Poland: Nikki Krzysik
Portugal: Mónica Mendes
Romania: , Teodora Drăgoescu, Mirela Ganea, , , , Andreea Laiu, Corina Olar, Laura Rus, Florentina Spanu, Ana Maria Stanciu
Russia: Yekaterina Gokhman
Scotland: Frankie Brown, Ifeoma Dieke, Hayley Lauder
United States: Danesha Adams, Yael Averbuch, Joanna Lohman, Tina DiMartino

Former non-international professional players[]

Michelle Betos, Taylor Comeau, Michelle Cruz, Gina DiMartino, Sinead Farrelly, , Haley Kopmeyer, Ashley Nick, Mollie Pathman, Hanna Terry, Zaneta Wyne

UEFA Competitions History[]

Season	Competition	Stage	Result	Opponent
2009–10	Champions League	Qualifying Stage	4–0	Maccabi Holon
			0–1	Rossiyanka
			2–0	St. Francis
2010–11	Champions League	Qualifying Stage	6–1	Sarajevo
			4–1	Umeå
			3–0	ASA Tel Aviv
		Round of 32	1–2 (H), 1–2 (A)	Zvezda Perm
2011–12	Champions League	Qualifying Stage	14–0
			8–0	Swansea City
			2–1	Lehenda Chernihiv
		Round of 32	2–2 (H), 1–2 (A)	Sparta Praha
2012–13	Champions League	Qualifying Stage	7–0	Klaksvík
			21–0	Velipojë
			3–0	Kharkiv
		Round of 32	2–3 (H), 1–3 (A)	Torres
2013–14	Champions League	Qualifying Stage	2–0	Nové Zámky
			1–0	Goliador Chişinău
			3–0	ASA Tel Aviv
		Round of 32	1–2 (H), 1–1 (A)	Neulengbach
2014–15	Champions League	Qualifying Stage	3–1	Gintra Universitetas
			0–0	KF Vllaznia Shkodër
			3–1	KÍ Klaksvík
		Round of 32	1–0 (H), 1–3 (a.e.t.) (A)	Brøndby IF
2015–16	Champions League	Qualifying Stage	2–0	KÍ Klaksvík
			8–0	Hibernians
			0–2	Stjarnan
2016–17	Champions League	Qualifying Stage	5–0	KÍ Klaksvík
			1–0	Hajvalia
			3–3	PAOK
		Round of 32	1–1 (H), 2–3 (A)	Slavia Praha

Honours[]

Cypriot First Division (10): 2008-09, 2009-10, 2010–11, 2011-12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2018–19^[3]
Cypriot Cup (10): 2008-09, 2009-10, 2010–11, 2011-12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18^[4]
Cypriot Super Cup (7): 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017

References[]

^ Παλμαρές. Apollon Ladies FC (in Greek). Archived from the original on 14 October 2014. Retrieved 9 October 2014.
^ "Apollon humble Umeå on goal-filled day". UEFA. 9 August 2010. Retrieved 30 September 2011.
^ "Ένατος σερί τίτλος για Apollon Ladies (Apollon win ninth title in a row)" (in Greek). cfa.com.cy. 19 March 2017. Archived from the original on 24 June 2017. Retrieved 25 March 2017.
^ "Κυπελλούχος Γυναικών στα πέναλτι οι Apollon Ladies" (in Greek). cfa.com.cy. 6 May 2018. Retrieved 6 May 2018.

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[1] Παλμαρές. Apollon Ladies FC (in Greek). Archived from the original on 14 October 2014. Retrieved 9 October 2014.

[2] "Apollon humble Umeå on goal-filled day". UEFA. 9 August 2010. Retrieved 30 September 2011.

[3] "Ένατος σερί τίτλος για Apollon Ladies (Apollon win ninth title in a row)" (in Greek). cfa.com.cy. 19 March 2017. Archived from the original on 24 June 2017. Retrieved 25 March 2017.

[4] "Κυπελλούχος Γυναικών στα πέναλτι οι Apollon Ladies" (in Greek). cfa.com.cy. 6 May 2018. Retrieved 6 May 2018.

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